It happened again on the August long weekend. Offload delays at the Guelph General Hospital created some long line-ups for ambulances, and a couple of days before that there was another Code Red. The story has been repeating itself for over a year now, too many ambulances lined up at the hospital and not enough available in the community, but how do the paramedics themselves feel about the pressure they’re under? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #Repeat – The Ongoing Paramedic Stress”
It was supposed to be the last council meeting before the usual August break, but the events of this week’s regular meeting of council did something unusual: It ended with a cliffhanger. The door was opened to a potential August meeting for a matter involving supportive housing and the raising the money to cover it. It terms of the business settled at the meeting itself, but there were also a few complications there too. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Housing Request Opens Door to August Meeting”
It’s the last meeting before summer vacation. You can click here for the amended agendas from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for July 25, 2023”
This is the regular meeting for July, and you know what that means… Yes, this is the last meeting of city council before summer vacation but there’s a lot of work that has to be done before the break. Remember the patio program? E-scooters? Potential bylaw reviews? All this unfinished business from Committee of the Whole returns along with one additional item about future election business. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on July 25?”
Some committees take the summer off, but Committee of the Whole is still in session, at least for July anyway. Committee this month dealt with a number of complex issues including the new version of the City’s Strategic Plan, the new version of the Seasonal Patio program, new bylaw reviews that need to be conducted, and a new bylaw for the use of e-scooters. So what final decisions were made? Let’s check out the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council – Bars, Bylaws, and Bicycles”
It may be summer, but some of us still have council meetings to chronicle, so let’s chronicle! You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: Committee of the Whole Meeting for July 5, 2023”
We’ve got one more month of meetings before the start of the annual summer break, and it’s going to be a pretty busy month. To kick off July, city council will be looking to the future a new strategic plan, a new e-scooter bylaw, new performance goals for paramedics, and a permanent version of the seasonal patio program. And before all that, council will have a brief in-camera talk about other business. Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 5 Meeting?”
This week, there back-to-back council meetings, and one of them looked bigger than normal in terms of the number of people around the horseshoe, which was really more like a round table. A joint meeting of Guelph City Council and Wellington County Council was held to talk about the issues facing paramedics, while Guelph council on it’s own had to deal with a matter of funding more police downtown. Continue reading “This Week at Council: Police Money and Paramedic Needs”
Council is going to try and get smarter about paramedic matters. You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for June 1, 2023”
June starts with a city council meeting, another workshop/orientation meeting, and the subject this time is a very important and timely topic indeed. You’ve probably been following the news in the last several months about the long lines of ambulances frequently seen outside Guelph General Hospital, or maybe you’ve seen them for yourself, well this meeting will outline the potential political response. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 1 Meeting?”
